Abstract
In this assignment the scenario presented is of a mother bringing her daughter into the emergency room during an asthma attack. Though both of her parents work, they cannot afford medical insurance for themselves or her. They also earn too much money to qualify for state or federal aid. She is treated with medication for her asthma attack at the hospital and she and her mother leave. Two weeks later, they return to the hospital in a virtually identical scenario. I will be discussing whether I feel the girl received adequate care for her condition, should she be treated by a physician before her condition worsens, should everyone be entitled to a basic minimum of healthcare and is healthcare a right (AIU Online, 2013)?
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People have the choice to pay for private treatment elsewhere but they have the right to receive basic healthcare for free. The same rights should be applied in United States.
Is this right relative or universal?
The right to receive basic healthcare should in theory be a universal right, but unfortunately not all countries can afford to give the people living their food and shelter let-along basic healthcare so as far as the right to basic healthcare is concerned I would have to say it is a relative right (Fremgen, 2012). In a way I have to say this makes sense, nothing in life comes free, meaning everything costs money healthcare included, So should the poorer countries receive basic healthcare, ethically yes they should and some of the more generous wealthy countries try to help in providing these countries with healthcare. Overall it is impossible to give away “free” healthcare where there is no income or financial help (N.C.B.I., 2007).
Does this right exist because of the wealth of the United States, or is it applicable everywhere? Yes, I feel the right exists largely to do with wealth; it takes money for medicine alone, even if you don’t add up the man-hours or travel. Medicine, vaccinations, preventative care and treatment all cost money (Kelley, 2013). No, I don’t feel it’s because of financial state of the United States I just think the world tends to follow or accept whatever America does.
As Americans we should all be afforded access to healthcare. Access to healthcare is an individual right according to the human rights amendment. The human right to health guarantees a system of health protection for all. The human right to health means that everyone has the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, which includes access to all medical services, sanitation, adequate food, decent housing, healthy working conditions and a clean environment (What is the Human Right to Health and Health Care, 2015). However there are strengths and weaknesses to every healthcare system and the U.S. Healthcare system is not exempt. I plan to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the U. S. Healthcare system (What is the Human Right to Health and Health Care, 2015).
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A right to adequate healthcare is necessary for a society to flourish. According to Levinas ' explanation, businesses assume that self-interest drives human behavior and if people want health care that badly then they will pay what it costs (Degnim and Wood 2007 page 6).Yet, if someone cannot afford healthcare and are denied it, then they are being denied a human right. According to United Nations healthcare is considered a human right (United Nations Article 25 2014). Well, the denial of healthcare or inadequate healthcare for Americans is a complex problem today. Healthcare has not been accessible to all American citizens, at least not until recent changes were made to the healthcare system. On the other hand, Belgium has had universal coverage for its citizens long before America. A large part of Belgium 's healthcare is non private, unlike the USA. I will discuss the healthcare system of the USA and Belgium in terms of the four characteristics of a healthcare system: cost effectiveness, portability and choice, quality, and universal care. I will also discuss the American healthcare reform as an expansion of the former healthcare system.
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I strongly believe that all American citizens should be entitled free healthcare. This is due to that fact that this can play a big role of ensuring that there is an improved access to health services. In addition, ensuring that all American citizens have an access to the right health care will also decrease health care costs. For instance, by allowing people to receive regular and preventive medical care and not wait until they are persistently ill to request treatment when medical costs are much higher (Niles, 2011). In relation to this free health care will promote equal chance by decreasing the number of people who are economically deprived in society (Niles, 2011). This can be because of bad health and other medically-related financial problems.
I am a premed student at the University of Kansas and it has always been my passion to care about ill people, especially to those people who cannot afford their own treatment or cannot afford to have a health insurance. I love contributing to the team effort in bringing out the best of myself and my teammates for fulfilling equality in the healthcare provision. This high interest of me to resolve the healthcare inequality problems that is seen explicitly in the US health care system inspired me to choose this specific topic. One potential bias that may affect the paper could be the fact that I am one of those people who doesn’t have insurance and think that the health care insurance system in the United States is just another way of ripping the poor
As humans, the right to medical care is something that should be seen as a privilege. No one should have to worry about if they are able to receive the healthcare that they require. Everyone has the right to receive the care that they should need. The only way to provide equal care for everyone in America is if healthcare were to be free. Though many countries around the world are able to provide free healthcare, this is something that is unfortunately not possible for all countries. There would be many issues that would arise if free healthcare were provided here in America. Due to the fact that quality care would be difficult to find, taxes would be increased, and much more, health care should not be free.
Another benefit associated with free health care system is that it preserves life as it ensures free treatment to the entire citizens despite their financial status. Apparently, the life of a human being is sacred and incomparable with any amount of money. It is unethical for an individual to die due to lack of finance. As stated by Obama, the United States is known to have the most skilled doctors and healthcare facilities in the world (526). Ironically, the two third of the Americans have no access to health insurance cover, meaning, they cannot afford to get the health services from the best doctors and the best facilities in the country. To protect life and to avoid unnecessary deaths of the innocent citizens, free access to medical services should be a distinct system to be employed in the United States of America.
Healthcare in the United States! Now that is a question for the ages. Is Healthcare a right or a privilege? Ask 10 people and you will get 10 different answers. Some say yes some say no, however almost all have caveats to their answers. This is where the dilemma starts.
Second of all, healthcare should be free because the prices of medicines, hospitals, doctors, are very expensive. Hundreds of millions people are into poverty annually by the cost of accessing their local healthcare services. “David Nicholas says that the world need free healthcare for all”. https://www.linkedin.com. He says that Americans spend twice as much on healthcare per capita than any other country in the world. Also Dr. Mercola, support him in one article when she said that there is no freedom with this prices
Keeping healthcare affordable for all citizens is important. Every person in this country should have the basic right to health care. The article Rights to Healthcare in the United States: Inherently Unstable discuss the rights people should have for healthcare as well as how Medicare and Medicaid came about. This paper discusses some points I agreed with in the article and different ways our country can improve health care.